man-of-war

• POS: Noun

CIDE DICTIONARY

man-of-war, n 

•  A government vessel employed for the purposes of war, esp. one of large size; a ship of war.  [1913 Webster]
•  The Portuguese man-of-war.  [WordNet 1.5]

Man-of-war hawk (Zoöl.), the frigate bird. -- Man-of-war's man, a sailor serving in a ship of war. -- Portuguese man-of-war (Zoöl.), any species of the genus Physalia; it is a hydrozoan having both medusa and polyp stages present in a single colony. It floats on the surface of the sea by a buoyant bladderlike structure, from which dangle multiple long tentacles with stinging cells. Its can cause severe rashes when it comes in contact with humans swimming in the area. See Physalia.

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man-of-war

Combatant

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